Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Lichfield District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 May 2017 to 29 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 2 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Crown Inn 7 Post Office Road Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7BS
Received 21 Sept 202135 Little Aston Hall Aldridge Road Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3BH
Received 21 Sept 2021Acacia Grove Farm Haunton Road Harlaston Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9HP
Received 21 Sept 2021Lower Lane Cottage Lower Lane Chorley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8DF
Received 22 Sept 2021Stowe House Church Road Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0NG
Received 22 Sept 2021Hill Top Farm Hill Top Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 4QA
Received 22 Sept 2021The Paddocks Bellamour Way Colton Rugeley Staffordshire WS15 3LL
Received 22 Sept 2021Lichfield Health And Fitness Limited Lorne House Rotten Row Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6JB
Received 23 Sept 2021Proposed Telephone Mast Coleshill Road Fazeley Tamworth Staffordshire
Received 23 Sept 20216-8 Coleshill Street Fazeley Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3RA
Received 23 Sept 202117 Californian Grove Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 2BG
Received 24 Sept 202140 Blakeman Way Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8FH
Received 24 Sept 202132 Mease Avenue Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9JP
Received 24 Sept 2021Greensleaves Talbot Avenue Little Aston Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3DB
Received 24 Sept 202126 Sister Dora Avenue Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 9QD
Received 24 Sept 2021The Mill House Tamworth Road Elford Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9BL
Received 24 Sept 202122A Bridge Cross Road Chase Terrace Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 2BY
Received 27 Sept 2021Museum Gardens Fountain Bird Street Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 27 Sept 2021Fernandos Hideaway Brookhay Lane Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8QL
Received 27 Sept 2021156 Main Street Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7ED
Received 27 Sept 2021Thatchmoor Farm Broad Lane Huddlesford Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 27 Sept 2021The Old Rectory 47 Gaia Lane Lichfield Staffordshire
Received 27 Sept 2021Keepers Cottage Dark Lane Chorley Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 8BT
Received 27 Sept 20214 St Johns Drive Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JA
Received 28 Sept 2021Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Lichfield District Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
Check collection coverage